Mes Developer

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

Engineering Industries eXcellence is a dynamic and growing organization, and we are seeking a self-driven individual to complement our growing team. We are seeking an entrepreneurial, dedicated, and motivated individual that is interested in joining a fast-paced Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) team. MES are specific solutions in manufacturing automation that help scheduling, monitoring and executing specific tasks on the shop floor. This position is 100% remote in Mexico, supporting clients and projects in the United States. This includes, but not limited to, order management, quality management, data collection, support to operators and supervisors. Leveraging specific products data model and APIs, MES Developers are focused on different aspects of MES implementations, including:
**PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- **Design**:

- Supporting project/program leads in the designing the best solution given business, functional and technical requirements (typically defined in the Requirement Specification - URS) possibly leveraging Object Oriented Analysis (OOA) concepts
- Supporting project/program leads in the documenting the design specification document (e.g., Functional Design Specification)
- **Project execution**:

- Help project leads in defining project tasks and their duration
- Execute analysis, design, development and testing tasks identified by project leads on time and with proper quality. This includes but not limited to:

- Coding best practices to increase code readability and maintainability
- Execute Unit Testing and possibly initial functional testing like GUI testing and Smoke testing on the developed functionality to avoid easy identifiable bugs percolating downstream
- Report to project leads on tasks advancement
- Capable of working independently under the guidance of technical leads
- Capable of understanding and troubleshooting technical issues, related to software development, conflict in branches and releases, and engineering tasks.
- Knowledgeable of testing/validation processes, including building the validation tests (Test Specification/Validation Specification document).
- Work with the project lead in executing unit tests, regression tests, integration tests and functional tests
- Help in driving solution acceptance (execution of Functional Acceptance Test and Site Acceptance Test documentation)

**KNOWLEDGE/ SKILL REQUIREMENTS**
- **Desired skills**:

- Programming languages (C#, Java, C++, VBA/VBScript, Python)
- Knowledge of software release management on multiple environments (e.g. DEV, QA, PROD) including but not limited to handling of pool requests, merge operations, solution building, deployment, unit testing, regression testing Experience with Team Foundation Server and/or Jira is strongly recommended- **Nice to have**:

- MES solutions such as: Rockwell Factory Talk, Dassault/Apriso MES solutions, Siemens Camstar, XFP/SIMATIC IT solutions, Wonderware
- MES interface with 3rd party systems like automation systems (e.g. DeltaV, Siemens PCS7, Siemens SIMATIC Batch, Rockwell PLCs/SCADA)
- Ability to work in team, even when the team is virtual and most of team members work remotely.
- Background in MES, manufacturing process of either Process or Discrete industries is also a nice to have.
- MES developers that have strong communication skills and help foster collaboration with other teams have great possibility of growing into Technical Leadership roles.
- MES developers should have high degree of adaptability in order to learn new technologies as needed and successfully manage the daily challenges of a technical environment.
- Depending on the project or program, MES developers can be involved functional discussions in front of our customers, who regards them as knowledgeable sources.

**RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS**

**Experience**:

- Minimum 5 years of experience in engineering and/or manufacturing processes for design and development of products.
- Ability to effectively communicate progress, status and issues to internal and external customers.
- Ability to obtain and meet Business goals and results
- Ability to work independently, as well as on a team.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% & must be fluent in English.

**Education**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology or equivalent years of experience (5+).